This time, here is a legendary Borderlands 3 weapon that refers to a popular runic word from Diablo 2, which was composed with the runes Vex, Hel, El, Eld, Zod and Eth, which explains the red mention in its description, making it a rather subtle easter egg.
As mentioned above, Breath of the Dying is an excellent assault rifle, especially against targets that have an armor bar. It will then literally melt them down with its extensive damage combined with a high firing rate and highly satisfactory accuracy. Even against enemies with another type of life bar, and in True Hunter or Mayhem mode, it remains formidable. When an enemy is killed by this weapon, it explodes and throws acid all around it, which will seriously wound its allies. This makes it an effective weapon against hordes of small opponents too. The only defect of this weapon is that the chances of applying its acid damage over time are 0%, you will need a class talent or a special relic that increases the chances of applying this effect to fully exploit it.
How to get it
Unfortunately, as is often the case, Breath of the Dying does not seem to be obtainable in a fixed place. You will therefore have to hope to find it by chance by playing, preferably by increasing the difficulty.
Statistics
The element of Breath of the Dying is always corrosive. The biggest variable between versions of this weapon is the size of the magazine. The other statistics are relatively unchanged at the same level.
- Damage: 621
- Accuracy: 79%
- Handling: 86%
- Reload Speed: 2.3s
- Fire Rate: 11.01/s
- Magazine size: 32
Written by Robin "Raiden" Bouquet. Translated from French by Millenium.us.org
